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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"the Islamic Republic of Iran"”.
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Fault Lines: Ideology, Pragmatism, and Geopolitics in the Islamic Republic of Iran
The Islamic Republic of Iran was founded upon revolutionary interpretation of Shi’a Islam. This ideology, first articulated and implemented by Ayatollah Ruhullah al-Musavi Khomeini, served as the animating force behind much of Iran’s behavior in the 1980s. With Khomeini’s death in 1989, Iran was …
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A Study of Gender Apartheid: Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran
<p>This thesis investigates the systemic and institutionalized forms of gender-based discrimination termed gender apartheid, focusing on Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran. It argues that gender apartheid, a severe form of discrimination where women and girls are subjugated and denied …
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Legitimacy of power in the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Over the few years that led to the creation of the constitutional law of the Islamic republic of Iran, I (the author) noticed a series of ambiguous and often contradictory points in its contents. Discovering the roots and the causes of such contradictions became my priority. After the Iranian …
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Destabilizing gender norms: Women in masculine occupations in the Islamic Republic of Iran
This dissertation tackles the vastly discussed puzzle of women’s low rates of labor force participation in the Middle East, using the case of Iran while focusing on an under-explored perspective. Iran has one of the lowest rates of female labor force participation in the region and marks an …
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The Contribution of Islamic Banking to Economic Development (The Case of The Islamic Republic of Iran)
Abstract Islamic banking is a new industry which has attracted the attention of many economists in the world regarding its ability to operate successfully and its instruments for mobilising and allocating monetary resources (Deposits). Usually, in the majority of Islamic countries and in some …
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Post-revolutinary Iranian Theatre: Three Representative plays in translation with critical commentary
This thesis gives a portrait of the theatrical activities in Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1978, and discusses how theatre works within the Islamic Republic of Iran. Firstly, in order to gain familiarity with the country's political institution, there is a brief political history of the …
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The state and university: The ''Islamic Cultural Revolution'' in the institutions of higher education of Iran, 1980-1987
The thesis is a study of the Islamic Cultural Revolution initiated by the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1981 in order to Islamize the institutions of higher education. Data are based on official documents, participant observation, interviews and press reports.
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“Bringing the state back in:” How did street rallies, non-protest performances, ideological rhetoric, radical policies, and violent contentions give rise to the movement regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1988-2010)?
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Iran in U.S. Corporate and Regional Media: A Content Analysis of The New York Times, The Washington Post, Rooz Online, Al Jazeera and Iran Review
<p>There has been an increase in tension between the United States government and the Islamic Republic of Iran over the past decade. A number of events including the US- led invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan and the expansion of Iran’s nuclear program have strained this fragile relationship. The …
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Persia Rising: Iran's Nuclear Program
<p>The Islamic Republic of Iran has the political will, knowledge, and capability to develop and build nuclear weapons. The purpose of this thesis is to examine Iran's nuclear program and potential U.S. policy responses to the threat of a nuclear Iran. An examination of Iran's history, strategic …
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China and Iran: Maritime Claims Backed by Developing Naval Forces and the Implications for U.S. Naval Forces
The goal of this thesis is to explore and clarify the extensive and contested maritime claims of the People's Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Iran and to examine how the U.S. navy is equipped to address them should tensions escalate to armed confrontation. These island claims are both …
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THE IRANIAN MARITIME CHALLENGE
Iran is the leading challenge to the United States and its partners and allies in the Middle East. Nowhere is this challenge more pronounced than in the maritime domain, where Iran’s naval power continues to dwarf that of its neighbors in the Persian Gulf. This thesis explores the threat Iran poses …
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The Iranian Threat: Iran's Confrontation With The United States And Pursuit Of Middle Eastern Hegemony
The Iranian threat is today one of America's greatest challenges to its national security. The purpose of this thesis is to examine how the Islamic Republic of Iran presents such a great threat to the United States and its interests, and examine what strategy should be employed to confront this …
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The Roots of Feminist Invocations in Post-Revolutionary Iran
Studies of the transformation of Iranian society after the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and its impact on the position of the Iranian woman have revealed that three and a half decades of efforts by the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) to institutionalize an archaic image of the ideal Muslim woman have …
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The Operational Code of the Islamic Repulic of Iran and a Tailored Approach
It is imperative U.S. policy-makers and their international partners dissuade Tehran from producing a nuclear weapon, and in the event policy-makers cannot, to deter Tehran from ever launching a nuclear weapon. Operational code analysis seeks to understand how a government makes decisions; greater …
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Allopathy Goes Native: Models, Motives and Medicine in Iran
Cultural influences on the practice of allopathic medicine in the United States have been vastly documented; at the same time, applied medical anthropologists have been working to help implement measures thought by allopathic medicine to improve morbidity and mortality in non-Western settings. In …
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A shift in Shia discourse: Political necessities and Sectarian dynamics
This thesis aims to show how political necessities in the Middle East have instigated a shift in contemporary Twelver Shia discourse. The study relies mainly on evidence from the region, focusing on the Islamic Republic of Iran. As a participant observer, I approach the phenomenon with a nuanced …
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A Decade of Failure; Missed Opportunities and the Escalating Crisis over Iran's Nuclear Program
<p>For the past decade the United States and its European allies powers have been unable to persuade the Islamic Republic of Iran to halt what appears to be a program to develop either a nuclear-weapons capability or an actual atomic arsenal. There is good reason to want to prevent Iran from …
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